EDITORIAL: How can a supermajority fail? Ask Indiana Republicans
Voters should be frustrated with GOP leadership—or lack thereof—at the Legislature. But at least they can now dull their distress with beer they buy on Sundays.
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EDITORIAL: Regional cooperation is bigger than an Indy commuter tax
Mayor Joe Hogsett and his team can be credible leaders on the issue if they develop a plan showing how Indianapolis infrastructure will be maintained in the long term.
EDITORIAL: Foreign trade trips are must-dos in today’s world
In all, international trade supported more than 812,000 jobs in 2014, a number that’s almost certainly grown. That’s more than one of every five jobs in the state. Those kinds of numbers don’t happen by chance.
EDITORIAL: Public deserves details about $1B health project
The project is too big and too important in its potential size, location and services for the public to be in the dark about exactly what will be located on the site—especially as local officials prepare to start debating zoning changes that could make it possible.
EDITORIAL: Feds must engage in marijuana, CBD oil debate
State laws across the country that legalize CBD oil and marijuana run afoul of federal law, a conflict that puts police, prosecutors, doctors and even patients in difficult positions.
EDITORIAL: City must devise Circle Centre plan
A hulking retail property pocked with vacancies sends a terrible message about Indianapolis’ vitality to the throngs of conventioneers who walk its corridors.
EDITORIAL: Companies should make good on hiring pledges
Corporate America, including some of Indiana’s top executives, implored Congress to give it a tax cut—a move businesses said would translate into more U.S. jobs and investment. Now that’s occurred.
EDITORIAL: Time for Hogsett to step up
The city has a long list of pressing needs—including reducing crime, squelching poverty, educating our workforce, and attracting higher-income residents who will pay the taxes needed to fund all those efforts.
EDITORIAL: Governor should take lead on redistricting
A state that counts talent retention and attraction among its biggest challenges can’t afford to ignore the long-term consequences of a system that invites voter apathy.
EDITORIAL: Workforce issues top IBJ’s agenda for Legislature
Eliminating the smokers’ bill of rights, fixing the state’s sexual harassment law, and Sunday alcohol sales also made our list of important legislation.
EDITORIAL: Let’s make strides on smoking crisis by raising smoking age
Health care research finds that young people have a propensity to start smoking in their late teens but are highly unlikely to start once they reach 21.
EDITORIAL: Instill common sense into alcohol laws
Lawmakers have an obligation to listen to their constituents and develop a system for selling alcohol that serves and protects Hoosiers’ interests first and foremost.
EDITORIAL: Downtown worth extra investment
While we support creating an EID and applaud Downtown Indy’s championing of the effort, we understand the reluctance of some property owners to support it until they get a clearer explanation of how the money would be used.
EDITORIAL: Give casino deal a thorough review
If the deal goes through, Caesars will own four of the state’s five highest-revenue casinos. It will generate roughly 54 percent of the tax revenue casinos pay to state and local governments.
EDITORIAL: Leadership void imperils mall
As the mall’s corridors decline steadily, with vacant storefronts increasing and second-tier tenants like an indoor-miniature-golf course replacing national chains, no one is stepping up publicly to champion a solution.
Bring offshore profits home—but companies shouldn’t squander cash
There is an estimated $2.6 trillion in profits that companies have made in other parts of the world—and are leaving there to avoid paying hefty taxes on the earnings when they transfer the money to the United States.
EDITORIAL: Crunch time for Indy soccer
Today, the Indy Eleven’s bid to join Major League Soccer is considered a long shot. It needs a quick jolt if the city wants to win.
EDITORIAL: City should prepare for what could be dicey Pacers negotiation
Pacers officials already want to start negotiating the next deal. That won’t be cheap. Owner Herb Simon says he’s looking for a “major redo” of Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
EDITORIAL: Pension shortfalls taint Sun Capital
Some private equity firms are vultures, monetizing whatever value they find, then leaving the business itself in a trash heap in bankruptcy.
EDITORIAL: Tax provision benefits Hoosiers
A provision of the Trump tax plan would shift some federal tax burden away from lower-tax states to higher ones but the larger plan needs evaluation before we know whether it’s good for Hoosiers overall.